Cereal. Is this even cereal anymore?

Every since I can remember pulling the bag of Cheerios from my grandma's cabinet when I was 4, I've been eating cereal every day. Well, not throughout grade school, but ever since I've been making my own breakfast (basically forever, right?). There is maybe a day or two that I miss a month. But on some days I eat 2 bowls and it makes up for the missed days.
Obviously, tastes and values have changed over the years. It used to be all about warm 2% milk with cheerios. Then honey nut cheerios. Then god knows what horrible kids cereal the corporations manufacture. Somewhere in middle school I realized how unhealthy 2% was, so I switched to nonfat. Then a little while later realized that organic or natural milk was so much better. As was Trader Joe's granola. Hello granola and milk! somewhere in this time period came excessive consumption of yogurt and granola as yogurt is superior to milk.
Then, about a little over a year ago, I found out I was lactose intolerant and the world of soy, rice and almond milk opened up. The, about 3 months ago I found out i was super allergic to cane sugar and almonds. Good bye beloved vanilla almond granola and vanilla soy milk.


what am I left with?
All natural Shredded Wheat (two ingredients: wheat and vitamin E) and Wheat&Barley with UNSWEETENED soy milk.



my life has become so bland!

Dead arm

I got the hep[atitis] A, meni[ngococcal] and polio vaccines today.


In two weeks it'll be the typhoid and yellow fever vaccines.

At least those won't make my arm incredibly sore! this is ridiculous.


I find it weird that there is a shortage of yellow fever vaccines in the United States. And also with rabies vaccines. They are so expensive! Pharmaceutical companies are making major bank.

Hard to explain

to why some people are so charismatic and influential in ones life.
I wish I had all the powers in the world to do what I want. And by powers, I mean money because honestly that I really what I need. Yes, I know there are ways around not having a bunch of money, but I cannot sacrafice school right now even though I tend to think I am bullshiting my way through college and will have accomplished nothing in a year.

I want a reward for my "hard work". I dont want to stress about money being tight.

I forgot to mention I ate at Burger King yesterday. Probably first time in a decade.



and it was a veggie burger!

Dilemmas and complaints:

it's 11:30 right now and I ate breakfast at 8 and my next class is at 1:30 and I'll be busy until 5. I should get lunch now but I'm lazy and too cheap.

i went out and PURCHASED the book I needed for my report (I never buy books!), took the lovely 5 hours of my Sunday evening to read it and have just found out it's only 2 pages double spaced. all the work for something so little.

coffee or no coffee? i dont want to waste a paper cup....

Diet

I almost forgot about my new diet. I was supposed to start today, but I think I'm going to wait until I eat through all the foods I'm not supposed to eat first so that I dont waste anything (waste > my health)


So I suppose in a few days that food should be eaten and my diet will no longer consist of:

cane sugar (in any form)
almonds
bean sprouts

and like usual, no dairy.


I've got to finish my two favorite things before I start my diet: almond vanilla granola with vanilla soymilk.

Cane sugar will be tough, but it makes so much sense that I'm allergic to it. It's why I always feel healthier while in Europe- they use beet sugar! So my life will now not only consist of reading nutrition labels, but being able to identify brands and knowing where beets are grown in the USA. awesome.

Sundays are a joke

On Sundays, I'm pretty good at underestimating the amount of work I have to do for the following week. How do I know this?
Because my datebook is filled with at least 2 things for every date until Saturday. Then, I've got 2 volunteer events happening in 2 weeks, a paid temporary job for a week in a few weeks, more hours at my current job, a few lunch/dinner/coffee dates spread over the next 2 weeks, an application for my major due this week, prefield training on the weekend, 3 short papers due in the next week and an exam in 2 weeks.


What have I completed so far? What have I gotten started on? (no one probably cares but at least it lets me keep track of myself):
just about to start 2 of those short papers


that's it.


Oh yes, and I have to buy gifts for 3 individuals in the next week or so.


YES TO BEING BUSY.